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| Birth name | Christian Anthony Burns |
| Born | 18 January 1974 Liverpool, England |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
| Website | christianburns |
Christian Anthony Burns (born 18 January 1974) [1] is an English singer. He is the son of Tony Burns of The Signs, a Liverpool-based rock band signed to Decca Records in the 1960s.
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Burns was a member of the popular British band BBMak, along with Mark Barry and Stephen McNally. The group sold nearly three million albums worldwide and had a top 5 single with "Back Here", in the UK. In the United States, "Back Here" reached #13 on the Hot 100 and received heavy video play on MTV and TRL.
In 2003, the band broke up, and all the members went on to pursue solo careers. Since then Burns has been collaborating with other artists and dance projects. In 2007, he worked with Tiësto on the track "In the Dark", for the album Elements of Life . He collaborated with Tiësto again on the track entitled "Power of You", where Tiësto used the alias Allure.
He has also collaborated with Benny Benassi, on the song "Love and Motion", and American singer Jes Brieden on the song "As We Collide".
He is featured heavily on electronic musician BT's 2010 album These Hopeful Machines , co-writing the songs "Suddenly", "The Emergency", and "Forget Me". He provides lead vocals on "Suddenly" and backing vocals on "The Emergency" and "Forget Me".
He also collaborated with Richard Durand on "Night & Day", and with Armin van Buuren on "This Light Between Us", taken from his album Mirage . Other collaborations include tracks by Matt Darey, Sebastian Ingrosso, and Dirty South.
Burns' debut solo album is called Simple Modern Answers and was released on 25 October 2013. [2] [3]
In 2012, Burns began a collaboration with BT on a single entitled All Hail the Silence, eventually leading to a full studio album initially set for release in the late summer or fall of 2012, but was postponed until after both are done with their solo albums. [4] All Hail the Silence and the subsequent album are notable in that they were created using analog synthesizers without the aid of a computer. [5] On 21 July 2014, Transeau and Burns announced that their band would be touring with Erasure in the fall of 2014 for the album The Violet Flame . [6] On 24 August 2016 the band announced that they would release a limited edition colored 12" vinyl collectible extended play entitled AHTS-001 with Shopify on 19 September 2016. [7] On 28 September 2018 the band released their first official single, "Diamonds in the Snow", along with its accompanying music video. [8] The band's first album, Daggers , was released on 18 January 2019. [9] [10]
In 2016, Burns, instrumentalist Jonathan Radford Mead and drummer Ash Soan formed a band called The Blind Love. Their first song, "Without You", was released and premiered on the episode "Coming Home Was a Mistake" on the television series The Vampire Diaries . [11] Their next song, "Run (Where the Lights Are)", premiered on 30 November 2016 on the episode "Interference" for the television series Frequency . A third song, "Wild Horses", was released on 2 April 2018. [12] Their first extended play was released on 14 May 2018. [13] The second extended play was released on 13 August 2018. [14] The band released two new singles in 2020 – "The Long Way Home" and "Surrender".
In 2018, Burns and songwriter/producer Steve Chrisanthou formed a duo called Fear The Hopeful, and released an EP called "Wait For Love". [15]
Burns recently reunited with members Barry and McNally for a tour and a new BBMak album, Powerstation , the same year. [16] Burns also announced a solo album to be released by Black Hole Recordings in 2019. [17] That album ended up being Love Songs from Suburbia, which was set for release on 4 June. [18] The album hit #1 on the iTunes US dance album chart shortly after release.
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As lead artist
| Year | Song | Chart Positions | Album |
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| 2012 | "Bullet" (Christian Burns and Stefan Dabruck) | — | Simple Modern Answers |
| "As We Collide" (Christian Burns, Paul Oakenfold and Jes) | — | ||
| 2013 | "Perfectly" (Christian Burns with Maison & Dragen) | — | |
| "One Thousand Suns" (Christian Burns with Chicane and Ferry Corsten) | — | ||
| "We Are Tonight" (Christian Burns and Paul van Dyk) | — | ||
| 2014 | "Frozen Heart (Big Room Mix)" (Christian Burns and Marco V) | — | |
| 2016 | "Bright Enough to See You" | — | Non-album singles |
| 2018 | "You're Not Alone" | — | |
| 2019 | "Fire + Ice" | — | |
| 2020 | "The Magic" [19] | — | Love Songs from Suburbia |
| "Truth" [20] | — | ||
| "Alive" [21] | — | ||
| 2021 | "Tigers" [22] | — | |
| "Any Love" [23] | — | ||
| "Honour" [24] | — | ||
| "Now or Never" [25] (Christian Burns and M.O.S.) | — | ||
| 2022 | "Almost Home" [26] (Richard Durand and Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released. | |||
As featured artist
| Date | Song | Chart Positions | Album |
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| 16 April 2007 | "In the Dark" (Tiësto featuring Christian Burns) | 133 | Elements of Life |
| 29 September 2008 | "Something About You" (Inhaler featuring Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 22 November 2008 | "Power of You" (Allure featuring Christian Burns) | — | In Search of Sunrise 7: Asia |
| 12 January 2010 | "Suddenly" (BT featuring Christian Burns) | — | These Hopeful Machines |
| 2 August 2010 | "Night & Day" (Richard Durand featuring Christian Burns) | — | Wide Awake |
| 14 June 2010 | "Forget Me" (BT featuring Christian Burns) | — | These Hopeful Machines |
| 28 September 2010 | "The Emergency" (BT featuring Christian Burns) | — | |
| 12 November 2010 | "This Light Between Us" (Armin van Buuren featuring Christian Burns) | — | Mirage , Simple Modern Answers |
| 28 February 2011 | "Tokyo Cries" (Glenn Morrison featuring Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 12 September 2011 | "On the Wire" (Allure featuring Christian Burns) | — | Kiss from the Past |
| 13 March 2012 | "Silver Splits the Blue" (Manufactured Superstars & Jeziel Quintela featuring Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 26 May 2014 | "Still In Love" (Bobina featuring Christian Burns) | — | Uplifting |
| 11 August 2014 | "Paralyzed" (BT and Tritonal featuring Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 15 September 2014 | "We Are the Ones" (Twoloud featuring Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 23 February 2015 | "Miracles" (Andrew Rayel featuring Christian Burns) | — | Find Your Harmony |
| 23 February 2015 | "In the Dark (Remixes)" (Tiësto featuring Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 17 July 2015 | "Who I Am" (Benny Benassi and Marc Benjamin featuring Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 7 August 2015 | "Where the Lights Are" (Arston featuring Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 7 September 2015 | "Skin & Bones" (Swanky Tunes featuring Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 25 August 2016 | "Brightheart" (Giuseppe Ottaviani & Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 6 October 2016 | "All I See Is You" (Omnia featuring Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 16 December 2016 | "One More Time" (Alexander Popov & Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 28 July 2017 | "One More Time (Remixes)" (Alexander Popov & Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 1 September 2017 | "Planet Earth" (Yan Space featuring Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 6 October 2017 | "In the Dark (First State Remix)" (Tiësto featuring Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 18 February 2019 | "Supersonic" (Swanky Tunes featuring Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 18 October 2019 | "Dancing In The Dark" (Roman Messer & Twin View featuring Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 24 September 2020 | "Wait for You" (Markus Schulz featuring Christian Burns) | — | Escape |
| 28 January 2022 | "Always" (Ben Nicky and Greg Downey featuring Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 15 July 2022 | "But Not Tonight" (Paul van Dyk featuring Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 9 September 2022 | "Closer" (Giuseppe Ottaviani featuring Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 4 November 2022 | "Anywhere With You" (Alex Kunnari & AK feat. Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 2 December 2022 | "Lost + Found" (Pretty Pink feat. Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 9 June 2023 | "Force Field" (Lange & Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
| 4 october 2023 | "Why" (M.O.S. & Christian Burns) | — | Non-album single |
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| Date | Song | Album |
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| 27 May 2008 | "Love and Motion" (Benny Benassi featuring Christian Burns) | Rock 'n' Rave |
| 17 June 2011 | "Neon Hero" (Armin van Buuren featuring Christian Burns) | Mirage – The Remixes |
| 7 March 2012 | "Looking Glass" (All Hail the Silence – a collaboration between Christian Burns and BT) | AHTS-001 |
| 16 August 2013 | "Love Divine" (BT, Stefan Dabruck and Christian Burns) | A Song Across Wires |
| 16 June 2014 | "Shimmer" (Tiësto featuring Christian Burns) | A Town Called Paradise |
| 11 July 2014 | "Only Sky" (Conjure One featuring Christian Burns) | Holoscenic |
| 25 January 2015 | "Photograph" (Chicane featuring Christian Burns) | The Sum of Its Parts |
| 3 November 2017 | "Find You" (with Ryan Farish) | Primary Colors |
| "Safe in This Place" (with Ryan Farish) | ||
| 1 May 2020 | "The Spark" (with Jody Wisternoff) | Nightwhisper |
| 14 August 2020 | "Red Lights" (with BT) | The Lost Art of Longing |
| "Save Me" (with BT) |
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